Well, yes, because the FIXED rate on the I bonds you already purchased stays FIXED. :oops: :D Since you can only buy so many I bonds per year though, it may be better to just buy more at the newer/higher rate. Thanks to both of you. Great point about the purchase limit/year. I don't mind asking bon...

I'd max out your TSP before putting one penny in an IRA (traditional or Roth). The choice between traditional and Roth will depend on your individual tax situation. In sum: max TSP first. Then IRA; then taxable. Your pay grade has nothing to do with it. What is the benefit of maxing TSP first? I ha...

I'd max out your TSP before putting one penny in an IRA (traditional or Roth). The choice between traditional and Roth will depend on your individual tax situation. In sum: max TSP first. Then IRA; then taxable. Your pay grade has nothing to do with it. What is the benefit of maxing TSP first? I ha...

First of all, thanks to the advice here I became debt free 1 year ago. Four years ago my net worth was -$45k with $0 assets. I have since been following the portfolio allocation outlined in the book Unconventional Success. Emergency funds: 3 months ($8k) in a USAA bank savings account Debt: $0 - ful...

I had an Alienware back in 2005. It was very fast, however, it ran incredibly hot and the fan was annoying. Since then I've learned to only purchase laptops that have mobile processors. They have lower wattage and thus less heat. Also, laptops w/ less L2 cache on the processor tend of have much less...

I don't mean to hijack this thread, however I have a stupid question. I understand the method behind TLH. But how do you keep them? Do you call the brokerage company and have them fax you a receipt of share cost at purhcase and share cost when it was sold? Then you just keep these in a filing cabine...

You can do both, i.e. have the transportation office put your stuff into government storage and continue to collect BAH, and it's legal. Unless you are stationed overseas, like Germany or Korea, in which case housing allowance works differently. If you're insured through USAA, your insurance rate w...

For your age, you're definitely ahead of the curve. As other posters have mentioned, most of your peers have already spent that money or planning how to blow it as soon as they return stateside. Since you've already begun voluntarily investing for your retirement, you're definitely way beyond your ...

As much as I do support those in the Military, I'm ex-Army here, I have always felt that there's way too much excessive wasteful spending in the Armed Forces. There's lots of ways to get extra money if no one is watching. The problem. . .sometimes, they do catch you. My neighbor is a Marine, gettin...

I have everything in storage I acquired because I'm still receiving a housing allowance of $948/month. So techniquely the govt is paying for it, and then a lot more. I have all my things from my house in there, my dirt bike and my car. Also, my auto/renters insurance went down to $20/month because i...

Why invest into funds while carrying this car loan debt? I don't know the rate on it, but I would pay it off before putting extra funds into investments. It is 9.4% I just called them. Thanks for your reply, looks like I'll be sending my money to my auto loan. It's hard/frustrating to me because I ...

Single, no kids, 26 year olds, $50k/year salary, I am currently deployed making tax free pay. I keep putting money into my funds at vanguard and split them off in to a new fund once they reach the Vanguard $3000 minimum. I'm following the portfolio outlined in Unconventional Success. Emergency funds...